But let's not forget that some computers, for example, the Setun (Сетунь) used "Ternary" where each bit could have one of three values: -1, 0, and +1.

And it continued, I remember as an apprentice on a course shown a faulty reed relay, a small fly in it (inside the glass tube). They just could not work out how it got in through the manufacturing process and but an example of "anything can happen".

🔄 @peteronion.bsky.social, our Large Systems Gallery lead, gave an exciting update on the recent #Collection rotation in the gallery - ensuring more of our reserve collection gets its time in the spotlight.

I was an ICT/ICL 1900 Operator "back in the day" and had to load and unload those disks. The one in the picture is a relatively early one, but the later ones with more platters needed a strong right arm to handle :-) .

It helps if you post the video 😬